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...oooookay, people are getting paid to play rock music for lab mice now?? Listen, most so called 'metal heads' who end up being damaged in any way will deterioate because of drug and alcohol intake not because the music hypnotized them. Teens that turn to extremely heavy music are alot of times already very angry, the music just works them up some.
I know a guy listens to the death metal, very laid back, kind of nerdy, built his own computer. I know a guy who loves classical music. He's on a downward spiral of self destruction as we speak and he couldn't find his way out of a maze in 30 years, much less seconds.
  Animals react badly to loud noise because they can't comprehend the meaning or even concept of 'music'. When I play my country music loudly I enjoy the song, but my hamster has a fit. Classical, even when played loudly, is very smooth and well, boring I think but thats beside the point, so the animals wouldn't  be as afraid. Rock music when played loudly, while it might make people want to jump up and head bang, scares animals because they don't understand 'music' there's just something very loud in thier ear and thier scared. Scare the crap out of an animal every minute of every day for very long and they're gonna be a little crazy.
  SO, I think when people can take music and just enjoy it for the music's sake, it won't hurt anybody. I do think every once in a while you need a good simple song to keep you from getting depressed, and I'm not saying constant heavy rock music is good for you, but I don't think its gonna magically make anybody wither and die on thier sofa. The PERSON can make decisions to listen without going out and doing everything they sing about and be O.K.

Happy Birthday jas
Here's to another year of 'good 'uns'! Take it easy,
  LR

Thats awesome . I have a thing for random lyrycs  I guess....
Saw some great names here, its interesting to me to see the influences and how they show themselves in the different styles I see here on chordie.

Welcome to the forum first of all James
Now: this is a good song, love the idea. I think to make the rythym match up you might have to trim down a word or two, but then maybe the tune you're playing fits just right. I get the feeling that maybe you're writing about your father? Remember that its never your fault that a parent (or whoever it may be) doesn't approve of your, they're the ones who wouldn't step up to the plate and do thier job as parent (or friend, etc.). Just keep playing and writing because you enjoy it, I think you have alot of potential- this from a kid who had a deadbeat parent herself.
Anyway I'm gonna shut up now, really like the gist of this song. There's lots of available help here, so if you need something just holler ,
  LR

By the way: love the Am in there, I can do my step down thingy

Dr. Ho- treated my cousin in shreveport one time
Harry Clutz- friend of my dad's
Ken and Barbie- a real couple I met a long time ago
Sam Adams- preacher (thought that was kind of funny....)
Senor Bill- his real first name is Senor, he runs a barbeque stand in Jasper

Anyway there's a few more. nice topic doc,
LR

Here SHE is, hate to be correcting everybody all the time. Maybe I should start signing my posts as Hannah so people know....
Hope I can help in the future doc,
LR

Well I'll go on the record as saying I don't mind criticism (to myself or anybody else), as long as its given in a respectful way. Even if anybody just doesn't like it I don't mind a 'hey hate to be the one to tell you but you kind of bombed on this one', or 'you could do alot better'. What does offend me is pointless 'you suck!'s and insults, because it doesn't help anybody get better, it just tears people down. Now if somebody's comin' on with something just terrible, (haven't really seen anything that bad on here yet) I think it would be appropriate to maybe hint that song writing's not thier niche, maybe in a nice way like, 'I like your musical abilities better than your lyrycs...' I think the key would be 'constructive' criticism...
   Personally I appreciate criticism, positive and negative, particularly from people like Old Doll and James, and jas, and others who I know really want to help.
Anyway thats my two cents, let's keep it nice and respectful folks
LR

James,
  This is great. When I moved to the city last year, I was surprised to see all the hype about golf, a game that has never appealed to  me in the slightest. By the time I made it out of that school year I had developed a firm belief that golf was sadistic and insane, sucking the life out of people even MY age and filling thier already hollow souls with business like expressions and yuppyish boredom. Whatever happened to the jocks playing football???
I really don't see the appeal at all, you hit a ball, you watch it land, then you go hit it again. there's no teamwork, no competition, no loud and crazy fans cheering in the stands and eating cheap pickles and hot dogs! I think its main purpose is to secure business deals, but its strange to me to be sitting in a group of people my age without bands, movies, 'who's hot', or cars, or anything usual coming up, just boring golf golf golf golf..... blech!
Anyway great little song,
LR

You can major in music in college, a friend of mine's been taking I think 3 years now. They teach music theory, reading sheet music, some musical history I think. Its mostly geared towards a classical style, but music theory can help anybody.
  While in High-school you can take band, but I found it very unhelpfu because everywhere I've ever taken it didn't take music very seriously, and you learned almost nothing. I had one good band instructor one year, he taught about timing and half beats, but he quit the next year and band became study hall.....
There are music schools too, some even for specific styles, as far as scholarships go I'm not sure how you would get one for a music major. I know there's a program (something 'for the arts') thats geared towards helping students get art and music schooling....

I don't like any bands that are just products of the market, look good say the right thing get a cool video and wind up in a teen magazine, that just doesn't appeal to me at all.
Buckcherry is a band I just really don't like. Don't know exactly why, but every time I see them on T.V it makes me want to throw up.... Never was much for Korn either, just couldn't see what the buzz was about....